Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro

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Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro (born Rio de Janeiro, 8 January 1944)[1] is a Brazilian diplomat and legal scholar.

Within the United Nations system, he serves as the special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Burma. [2]

He also served as special rapporteur for Burundi from 1995 to 1999,[3] and was a member of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.[4] In 2003, Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Pinheiro as an independent expert, with the rank of Assistant Secretary-General, to prepare an in-depth study into the global phenomenon of violence against children,[5] which was presented to the General Assembly in 2006.[6]

In the inter-American system, he is one of the seven commissioners of the OAS's Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, for the 2004 to 2011 period,[7] with special responsibility for the rights of children[8] Domestically, he served as federal Secretary of State for Human Rights under President Fernando Henrique Cardoso.[9]

Pinheiro has a long career in academia. He is a visiting professor at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.[10] Previously, he also held academic positions at the University of São Paulo, the UK's Oxford University, and the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris.[11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro - Membros da ONMC
  2. ^ Michele, Norris (11/16/2007), NPR, <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16368961> 
  3. ^ Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro - Membros da ONMC
  4. ^ The Independent Expert: Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro | The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children
  5. ^ The Independent Expert: Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro | The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children
  6. ^ About the Study | The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children
  7. ^ Staff of the IACHR
  8. ^ Press Release 8/05
  9. ^ The Independent Expert: Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro | The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children
  10. ^ Paulo Sergio Pinheiro's Curriculum Vitae
  11. ^ The Independent Expert: Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro | The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children
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